Five products, one goal: Positive Technologies to unveil the updated Standoff 365 platform at Positive Security Day

At its flagship Positive Security Day 2025 conference on October 8 in Moscow at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace (Luzhniki), Positive Technologies will unveil the updated Standoff 365 platform. Standoff 365 helps organizations upskill their security teams and strengthen the protection of their IT assets against cyberthreats. More than 27,000 ethical hackers use the platform to practice vulnerability assessment and earn significant rewards for finding flaws. The international cyberbattle Standoff 16 will take place October 6–8, with the finals at Positive Security Day.

The gap between cybersecurity knowledge and skills remains a critical challenge for both companies and professionals. Defending against real attacks, including advanced persistent threats (APTs), requires not only a deep understanding of adversary tactics but also the ability to respond quickly. To close this gap, Positive Technologies has updated Standoff 365, giving businesses and specialists a venue to train, test systems, and build resilience against cyberattacks. The platform now provides hands-on tools and 24/7 access to expertise, helping foster a new cybersecurity culture.

The updated Standoff 365 platform includes five products to strengthen cybersecurity. To train security specialists, Standoff offers the Standoff Cyberbones online simulator and the Standoff Defend online cyberrange. Standoff Hackbase—a virtual environment for red teams—helps build offensive security skills. Companies can also launch their own programs on Standoff Bug Bounty, Russia's largest bug bounty platform. Participation in the international Standoff Cyberbattle, where both blue teams (defenders) and red teams (attackers) compete, helps businesses build practical resilience to attacks and improve readiness for real incidents.

Standoff 16: new teams from around the world join the cyberbattle

The fall edition of Standoff 16 will run online from October 6 to 8. Participants will attack and defend a digital infrastructure spanning five industries: metallurgy, oil and gas, banking, urban infrastructure, and logistics. More than 30 red and blue teams from around the world will compete in the battle. The key goal is to expand and strengthen the global community of cybersecurity professionals. Therefore, applications for attackers are accepted only from foreign teams, while defender roles are available to teams from Russia and abroad. Applications are open until September 1.

Blue teams—both Russian and international—will defend three sectors in monitoring mode and two in response mode. In the monitoring mode, the task is to detect and investigate as many incidents as possible; in the response mode, to additionally prevent and repel attacks. Each sector may be protected by multiple defender teams. For SOC and information security teams, this is a great opportunity to practice real world attack scenarios under high traffic and get hands on with a range of tools.

Blue teams can use the following solutions to build effective defenses: MaxPatrol SIEM, MaxPatrol VM, PT NGFW, PT NAD, PT Application Firewall, and PT Sandbox. Depending on the infrastructure, PT Container Security will also be available to defenders; in industrial segments with ICS/SCADA—PT ISIM; and for defense in response mode—MaxPatrol EDR.

The Standoff international cyber exercises have been held since 2016. Over this time, the battle has attracted more than 5,500 specialists from around 50 countries, and over 500 companies have increased their resilience to cyberattacks thanks to their employees' participation.